Charles writes:
> Sorry to be Eurocentric. ( I did say "in the period we
are talking about" meaning modern times).
I noticed Charles. Bravo.
> Does Buddha connect it with "pragmatism", practical-critical
activity?
Yup. Don't believe what I say, he says, unless you can prove to yourself that it ends suffering.
> Pragmatism is: "yea the laws are mutable, but they are worth
discovering if they "work" for a while."
Buddhism adds the discipline of mindfulness, or being in the moment so a person is always being vigilant that what works is accomplishing its goals.
> If pragmatists or Buddhists or Nietzscheans organize revolution
for socialism, great.
If someone can tell me offlist how Nietzsche is a pragmatist or where I could read about it, I would appreciate it. I nver heard that he was associated with pragmatism.
> I haven't seen evidence of any of these other schools of thought
doing much in this regard compared to Marxists.
Thich Naht Hanh, for starters. Also, in the 1920's there was some interesting Buddhist/Marxist organizing going on in Taiwan.
Buddhists organize their revolutionary work a little differently than Marxists. We take it one no-self at a time.
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Revolutionary Resister